#53. Circumstance – Maryam Keshavarz
I could have sworn that Maryam Keshavarz’s Circumstance had had a world preem at Locarno, but no – it’ll be ready for the 2011 film festival season. Look for the Sundance Institute’s 2007 Screenwriters Lab participant to showcase her feature debut in Park City – specifically in the World Dramatic Comp. Then it could easily go to Rotterdam, where it received the Hubert Bals Fund or Berlin where the film/filmmaker was part of the Talent Campus.
This tells the story of how a single event – a soldier’s death at the Iran/Iraq border – irrevocably connects the lives of four people across continents. Through the telling of a love triangle between three teenagers, Circumstance explores the multifaceted and destructive repression that continues to confront Iran’s new generation.
* Producers: Karin Chien (The Motel), Antonin Dedet and Melissa M. Lee
(IONCINEMA.com Preview Page // IMDB Link)
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